I enjoyed this longer discussion of haiku. I think haiku are at their most powerful when they capture a moment with a story arc. Your example of Alan Pizzarelli's is one of my favorite poems. There's an entire story in the small slice of life. When I feel stuck I sometimes will decide to write ten haiku about something. The allows me to be less precious about each poem and often I end up taking words or lines from two or more poems to get something usable.
I enjoyed this longer discussion of haiku. I think haiku are at their most powerful when they capture a moment with a story arc. Your example of Alan Pizzarelli's is one of my favorite poems. There's an entire story in the small slice of life. When I feel stuck I sometimes will decide to write ten haiku about something. The allows me to be less precious about each poem and often I end up taking words or lines from two or more poems to get something usable.